Posts Tagged ‘abusive-father’

Spawn (1997)

Saturday, July 11th, 2009
Genres: Action | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: White, Michael Jai | Leguizamo, John | Sheen, Martin | Randle, Theresa | Williamson, Nicol | Sweeney, D.B. | Clarke, Melinda | Hughes, Miko | Beaudoin, Sydni | Papajohn, Michael | Welker, Frank | LaMorte, Robia | Cothran Jr., John | Gibson, Caroline | Haney, Tony
Directors: Dippé, Mark A.Z.
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The movie adaptation of Todd McFarlane’s mega-cult comic! Al Simmons is a hitman who works for the government. One day, someone sets him up and he gets killed. Of course, he goes to Hell, where Malebolgia - the Devil himself - offers him a deal. Al will come back to life with a certain amount of “energy”, but when it runs out, he will return to Hell as a Hellspawn, and help in the war against Heaven. Al accepts the offer, because of the love for his wife Wanda, but when he arrives to Earth he sees that the Devil has cheated him… His face is horribly distorted, his body covered with a living suit, and the worst of all; he finds Wanda married with his best friend. Shattered, the Spawn starts wandering in New York’s alleys…

Prince of Tides, The (1991)

Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Nolte, Nick | Danner, Blythe | Nelligan, Kate | Krabbé, Jeroen | Dillon, Melinda | Carlin, George | Gould, Jason | Sullivan, Brad | Collier, Maggie | Wray, Lindsay | Whitaker, Brandlyn | Woods, Justen | Fain, Bobby | Yearwood, Trey
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When a Southern born New York writer tries to commit suicide, her “unemployed-football-coach” twin brother, Tom Wingo, comes to her aid. While tending to his sister Savannah’s care he meets her psychiatrist, Dr. Susan Lowenstein. Dr. Lowenstein, desperate to unlock the door to her patient’s self-destructive pattern, relies on Tom to be his sister’s memory. What she doesn’t realize is that the last thing Tom wants to do is remember. Haunted by a painful childhood and a domineering mother, Tom discovers the only thing worse than not remembering is not telling.

Shining, The (1980)

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Nicholson, Jack | Duvall, Shelley | Lloyd, Danny | Crothers, Scatman | Nelson, Barry | Stone, Philip | Turkel, Joe | Jackson, Anne | Burton, Tony | Beldam, Lia | Gibson, Billie | Dennen, Barry | Baxt, David | Redwood, Manning | Burns, Lisa
Directors: Kubrick, Stanley
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A novelist - Jack Torrance take a job interview as winter caretaker of the isolated, old, huge and beautiful Overlook Hotel. In the interview, Jack is told by the manager himself, that the previous caretaker - Grady, chopped his family and later killed himself with a shotgun. Ignoring the story, Jack brings his wife - Wendy and his son Danny. It happens that Danny, has a mysterious power known as “The Shining” that shows him things from the past and future. Some of the visions come from Tony - “the little boy who lives in Danny’s mouth”. Danny meets Hallorann - the hotel cook in their first day arriving at the Overlook, who also has this “Shining” and he warns him about the hotel and the sinister Room 237. As the days go by, Danny has visions of previous guests and employees who died at the hotel years before, meanwhile Jack starts driving into insanity, turning more and more aggressive, at the point that Danny and Wendy gets convinced that Jack might try to do the same thing, Grady did.

Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, A (2006)

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Wiest, Dianne | Downey Jr., Robert | LaBeouf, Shia | Diaz, Melonie | Garro, Julia | Hendricks, Eleonore | Scarimbolo, Adam | Tambakis, Peter Anthony | Tatum, Channing | Tirado, Anthony | Rosado, Erick | Payne, Steve | Palminteri, Chazz | Feldman, Tibor | Compston, Martin
Directors: Montiel, Dito
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Dito, a writer in L.A., goes home to Astoria, Queens, after a 15-year absence when his mother calls to say his father’s ill. In a series of flashbacks we see the young Dito, his parents, his four closest friends, and his girl Laurie, as each tries to navigate family, race, loyalty, sex, coming of age, violence, and wanting out. A ball falls onto the subway tracks at a station, small things get out of hand. Can Dito go home again?

South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Musical
Countries: USA
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Directors: Parker, Trey
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South Park is a peaceful and quiet town until the Terrence and Phillip movie “Asses Of Fire” hits the theaters. Once that happens, all friggin’ hell breaks loose. After all the kids see the movie, they begin using all the foul and naughty language used in the movie. When the parents discover this, they demand war against Canada. The parents plan to execute Terrence and Phillip. After Kenny gets sent to hell (all thanks to Cartman), he overhears Satan and Saddam Hussien plan to rise to Earth to rule for 2,000,000 years of torture once Terrence and Phillip’s blood touches US soil. Will Cartman’s filthy fucking mouth and V-Chip save the day?

Turn the River (2007)

Monday, August 4th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Dornan, Jaymie | Torn, Rip | Ross, Matt | Kinney, Terry | Juback, John | Robles, Tony | Bridges, Jordan | D'Asaro, Santo | Siravo, Joseph | Brown, Brennan | Lage, Jordan | Macnamara, Pete | Leyva, Henry | Haas, Greg | Thode, Paul
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In New York City, Gulley, who’s in middle school, lives with his father and step-mother; his paternal grandmother dominates the family’s life. In secret, he’s recently been in touch with his mother, Kailey, a pool hustler, who wants to win big and take Gulley to Canada. With the help of Teddy Quinette, who runs Quinn’s Pool Hall, Kailey may get her shot at big money. Can she win the match, keep her son’s confidence, and, using fake documents she gets from Markus, a friend of hers, make it to Canada to start a new life?

Breakfast Club, The (1985)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Estevez, Emilio | Hall, Anthony Michael | Nelson, Judd | Gleason, Paul | Kapelos, John | Dean, Ron | Gamble, Tim | Crawford, Perry | Hughes, John
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When five high school students, Andrew, John, Allison, Brian, and Claire, meet in detention one day. The principal wants them to write an essay, and they think they are in for a boring 8 hours of doing nothing. At first, they argue and hate each other, but after smoking some marijuana, they pour their hearts out to each other, and tell about their fears, secrets, and their deepest emotions, and problems.

Joe the King (1999)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Tambakis, Peter Anthony | Feretic, Travis J. | Styx, Benjamin | Kilmer, Val | Bergenstock, Rob | Fleiss, Noah | Bright, Richard | Leguizamo, John | Taylor, Michael | Whaley, Robert | Ligosh, Max | Costa, James | Levine, Craig | De Felitta, Raymond | McNamara, Jack
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A destitute 14 year old (Noah Fleiss) struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother’s (Karen Young) hands, harsher abuse at his father’s (Val Kilmer), and a growing separation from his slightly older brother (Max Ligosh). Petty thefts for food grow into more major takes until he steals a cash box from the diner where he works. Although Joe uses the money to pay off some of his father’s debts and to replace his mother’s records that his father smashed in a fit of temper, Joe gets no thanks…

It (1990)

Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Anderson, Harry | Christopher, Dennis | Masur, Richard | O'Toole, Annette | Reid, Tim | Ritter, John | Thomas, Richard | Curry, Tim | Brandis, Jonathan | Crane, Brandon | Faraizl, Adam | Green, Seth | Heller, Ben | Perkins, Emily | Taylor, Marlon
Directors: Wallace, Tommy Lee
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Derry, Maine is a quiet town, terrorized every 30 years by a horror known only as “It”. The only victims of “It” are children. Through the form of a clown named Pennywise, “It” wakes up every 30 years and feeds. The adults of Derry act like “It” doesn’t happen. Ironically they know about “It”, but the events are too horrible to talk about. Seven outcasts, know as The Lucky Seven, Bill, Ben, Beverly, Eddie, Richie, Mike, and Stan are able to defeat “It” as children and make a pact to return and do battle again should the terror return. Now 30 years later, Mike Hanlon who stayed behind, is puzzled by a bizarre occurance of child murders. When he discovers that “It” has come back, he reunites what’s left of The Lucky Seven, now in their middle ages to do battle once again, and “It” is ready. The Lucky Seven must now defeat “It” and cure Derry of “The Derry Disease”.

Shine (1996)

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | Music | Romance
Countries: Australia
Actors: Rush, Geoffrey | Braine, Justin | Todd, Sonia | Haywood, Chris | Rafalowicz, Alex | Poole, Gordon | Mueller-Stahl, Armin | Bell, Nicholas | Cox, Danielle | Gooden, Rebecca | Kaczmarek, Marta | Cousins, John | Taylor, Noah | Linkson, Paul | Berger, Randall
Directors: Hicks, Scott
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Based on the true story of Australian pianist David Helfgott, this delightful movie charts the early and traumatic early years. Telling the story in flashback we see David as he grows up and into a child prodigy while his father abuses him and his siblings with the memory of his childhood in Europe and the loss of his family in the concentration camps. David finally breaks away from his father and goes away to study overseas, he later suffers a breakdown and returns to Australia and a life in an institution. Many years later he is released and through several twists of fate (in reality even more unlikely than film portrays) he starts playing a piano in a bar before finally returning to the concert hall.